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Maybe he bought into the hype. That BJ would GAS. Wich never happened.
it only went 3 rounds...i hope bj wouldn't of gassed. who knows what would've happened if it got into the championship rounds.
i get the whole trying to make bj gas thing...but theres no better way of doing that then taking him down and forcing him to work off his back for 3 rounds.
even bj, a guy with suspect cardio, can stand and exchange jabs for 5 rnds no problem.
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GSP Dan Henderson Sean Sherk Tyson Griffin Mark Hunt
How can anyone say that Sherk had better striking in this fight or he out fought BJ? If he had the better strking or had outfought BJ, he would won, not got DOMINATED. Maybe he threw more punches, but they have to land to be effictive.
All this talk of his superior strking but lack of reach is pretty weak. I have seen plenty of fights where the guy with the reach disadvantage dominated the fight because of legitimately superior striking. Sherk had nothing for BJ. He ate the jab all night. If they would have gone to the ground I think it would have been worse for Sherk. Sherk said he felt like he was being competitive on his feet...no dice. He was gettin PWND.
There is no need to cry about the stoppage either. If they had continued and went to the next round, the beat down would have just started where it left off in the previous round. Sherk was hurt bad. He was done. Face it, Sherk isn't in the same leauge as BJ. He is a solid fighter, but just because he beat KenFlo doesn't mean he had shit for BJ.
Sherk mentioned after the fight that this was all part of his game plan.
He was going to do stand up for 3 rounds and then start to try to take it to the ground for the last 2.
This actually was a good plan...assuming that BJ would gas in the latter rounds and that Sherk be able to actually trade with BJ standing up for the first 3...
Obviously this was not the case.
I think Sherk has decent boxing skills, he got his fair share of counter left hooks... but he missed quite a few.
Sherk was blocking all of BJs jabs with his face.
His 2 takedown attempts looked just as bad as BJs single attempt.
...having said all that...
Sherk won me as a fan... not because of the fight... or because Penn did that 'blood' licking thing... it was a simple gesture that did it for me...
When Rogan was about to walk away with the mic, Sherk politely requests to say a couple more things, afterwhich Rogan hands it over... says alot about a guy who fights for a living to still have class and MANNERs.
BUT BJ just ganks it straight outta Rogans hands... what an ahole.
Sherk mentioned after the fight that this was all part of his game plan.
He was going to do stand up for 3 rounds and then start to try to take it to the ground for the last 2.
This actually was a good plan...assuming that BJ would gas in the latter rounds and that Sherk be able to actually trade with BJ standing up for the first 3...
Obviously this was not the case.
I think Sherk has decent boxing skills, he got his fair share of counter left hooks... but he missed quite a few.
Sherk was blocking all of BJs jabs with his face.
His 2 takedown attempts looked just as bad as BJs single attempt.
...having said all that...
Sherk won me as a fan... not because of the fight... or because Penn did that 'blood' licking thing... it was a simple gesture that did it for me...
When Rogan was about to walk away with the mic, Sherk politely requests to say a couple more things, afterwhich Rogan hands it over... says alot about a guy who fights for a living to still have class and MANNERs.
BUT BJ just ganks it straight outta Rogans hands... what an ahole.
oh he did say that eh? i was watching at a party with no sound so i didnt hear that...
that sucks even more then. would've been interesting to see the 4th and 5th if sherk could get the TDs...damn.
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GSP Dan Henderson Sean Sherk Tyson Griffin Mark Hunt
Just because BJ screamed it outloud that 'hes done'....
doesnt mean that is criteria that the referee used to make a ruling.
Give the ref some credit... sheesh.
If you look in the background when BJ is 'calling it'... Sherk is sitting upright and the ref is examining him... its only after the refs assessment of Sherk that he actually calls it.
Just because BJ screamed it outloud that 'hes done'....
doesnt mean that is criteria that the referee used to make a ruling.
Give the ref some credit... sheesh.
If you look in the background when BJ is 'calling it'... Sherk is sitting upright and the ref is examining him... its only after the refs assessment of Sherk that he actually calls it.
yes but sherk should'be been given the minute between rounds to recover, or decide that he cant go on.
calling it directly after the bell is kind of retarded.
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GSP Dan Henderson Sean Sherk Tyson Griffin Mark Hunt
Sherk didn't mention a specific round. He thought he was being competitive on his feet. He said he wanted to keep it standing as long as he felt like he was doing well. Problem is that he was never doing well. The only thing he did well was eat jabs.
I wanted them to let it go to the 4th. I wanted to see Sherk get beat down some more.
Boy, have I got to hand it to BJ. Penn was throwing some LUDICROUSLY fast punches. Some were so fast you couldn't even really see them on the 30fps HD feed.
Yet BJ avoided nearly all of them, and shrugged off those that connected. He may have the girliest whine of any UFC fighter, but he mroe than backs it up in the octagon.
yes but sherk should'be been given the minute between rounds to recover, or decide that he cant go on.
calling it directly after the bell is kind of retarded.
Its uncommon, but not unheard of.
Mind you, one of the undercards ... the Soku bout...
The ref stops a G&P (where its pretty clear cut Soku has smoked him) at the bell... and lets it go anyways...
so yeah, there mighta been grounds to let it go...
But Sherk admitted he didnt even hear the bell... prolly cause he had his bell rung... and the ref prolly caught on about how 'really out' Sherk was.
Sherk didn't mention a specific round. He thought he was being competitive on his feet. He said he wanted to keep it standing as long as he felt like he was doing well. Problem is that he was never doing well. The only thing he did well was eat jabs.
I wanted them to let it go to the 4th. I wanted to see Sherk get beat down some more.
Thats the impression I got from that interview as well...
He did mention that he wanted to keep it standing, but Sherk actually thought he was doing well (in the stand up game).
I think Sherk got his shots in... but they 'appeared' to not phase BJ, nor show any signs of it on his face.
But in Sherks defense, he bleeds alot, doesnt mean hes hurt But that knee hit him on the button.
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